Transcript Play - Texas Council on Economic Education

Laura Ewing
President/CEO
Texas Council on Economic Education
www.economicstexas.org
www.smartertexas.org
[email protected]
713-655-1650
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Texas economics books
• Teaches teachers who teach students who are the
future of Texas
• Provides interesting hands-on lessons that develop
critical thinking skills for students in Economics,
Social Studies, Math, and Career/Technical
Education classes.
This workshop and the accompanying materials are made
available to teachers through the generous support
of State Farm and the Council for Economic Education.
Economics Challenge
 Fall and Spring Online Testing
In Micro, Macro and
International Economics
 Adam Smith Division
2nd place national champs
Bellaire HS 2010/3rd 2012
 David Ricardo Division 3rd
place national champs Plano
HS 2010/4th place 2012
 State competition all online
this year
Personal Financial
Literacy Challenge
 Middle and High School
 Fall and spring online
challenges will
determine state finalist
candidates
 “State Play-Offs” in
Austin with cash awards
for two top teams
 HS national finals at Fed
in St. Louis
 Bellaire HS Houston 2nd
in nation 2012
Teams of 2 to 5 students
Grades 4 to 12
Cost: $10 a team
10 week Student Session
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You are early Anglos/German citizens who have come from
afar.
Think: Look at the map and decide where you would travel.
Why?
Where would you settle and why?
Pair: Share answers in groups of 2 or 3
Share: Share three answers with the class.
•1.
how Texans make a living
•2. where people settle
• Where do you live?
• Why do you live here?
• Why do you think citizens of the U. S. would move to
Texas?
How would you write a sentence using all of the
terms below for the early Texas colonists?
Wants and needs, limited resources, scarcity,
empresario, entrepreneur
• 1. Read page 44
• 2. What is the difference between these three land
grants?
• 3 Why do you think the land grants were set up this
way?
Primary Source Documents
 Read the three primary source documents.
 In your own words, write a sentence for each
explaining the meaning of the statement.
 Who was the author and where did the author live?
 Which quote do you like the most? Why?
Student Handout
 Answer the questions showing all of your math work.
 Share your answers.
 What patterns did you see in the answers? Did you see
favoritism-if so how and why?
 What are two things you learned from this activity?
In looking at the topographic map of German,
what do you see?
2. How do you think people made a living based
on the structure?
3. In looking at the topo map of North America,
what areas are similar to Germany? Where do
you predict people will move?
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5.
Read your selection from page 33 and/or 34.
What are the main points of the reading?
Illustrate your key points on the placemat.
Share your answers.
Using the center section, draw the common
answers that the Germans shared.
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